The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-07
WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE.
A Very Small Per Cent. of Bills Intro
duced in Both Houses Become Laws.
The Acts for Monuments, School for the Fee
bleMinded and Soldiers Orphans Home
Among the Most Important.

Nhen the flIty-n NTH GeDeral Assembly UeSaH
sts session. sixty-one days ago, there was an eff
Fort in the Senate to start record of buncombe
legislation, and when the time was not used In
political acts TO sustain usurpation and arbitrary
authority of Senator Smith and his friends 1t
was devoted mostly TO speeches catering to the
workingmen's vote. This practice became so
notorious that leaders of the workingmen became
Disguised at the fulsomcness and insincerlty OF
the proceedings. Hardly a measure came up out
Of the 81 introduced in the Senate that the
Democrats did not seek TO make them the sub
jeet of semagosic utterances. In the first two
weeks OF the session this particularly notice
able n1. with all this display at legislation only
sixty-I.Ve bills were passed. OF this number
seven were legalizing acts relating to the incor
poration OF Middebury, the acts of the board of
trustees Of Hnntinghurg, the election of officers
of Danilirk. the incorporation of the town of
Pierceton, to the town of Rockport, all
of which have been signed by the
Governor. But two more acts of this
.lass, those relating to the meeting of County
commissioners in certain cases, and the record
af the County Commissioners OF Ripley county,
were passed. but did not reach the House The
Senate also passed six of the House legalizing
acts applying to the incorporation OF the towns
of Bunker Hill, Shelburn. Boswell Orleans,
Salem. and the city of Upton. Four of these
bills have been approved by the Governor two
exceptions being those relating to Shelburn and
Salem. Six bills of this class were passed by.
the House. but did not come up in the Senate.
They related to the incorporation OF trades
unions, the Wall Hite turnpike, the Wylie pike
the. Clear-creek Stone and Marble Company.
acts of the trustees of Westport, and those of
notaries public whose commissions had expired
AS to relief measures, those paying Baker,
Smith & Co. S., 522 for steam apparatus in the
female department. of the Insane Asylum, and
w. b. Burford e. Co. S., 500 on State printing
contract, $500 to Levi r. Green and bill for the
relief of Rasseas Jones and the sureties of W.
Il. Merriheld were passed by both houses and
signed by the Governor. House bills of this
glass that have become laws are those for the re-
lief of Samuel Dckerson and Nathan Gillett.
Bills concerning the time of holding courts in
the Forty ninth, Twelfth, Fourth. Fifth, Nine
teenth and Twentieth Crcuit Courts were passed
by both Senate and House before the deadlock
occurred.
The only important measures that have gone
to the Governor and been approved by him are
the acts to establish the Indiana Soldiers Or
phans Home, which carries with it an appropria-
tion of 800 COO to erect buildings and buy
fifty acres of that portion of real estate now
leased by the home; to erect the Hendricks and
fish the Indiana School for Predetermined Youth
at Fort Wayne, for which $50 600 for buildings
$4,000 for real estate, and So 800 to pay teachers
and maintain the children at FortWayne while the
building is in course of construction, were APP
propriated; to provide for the erection of State
soldiers monument, ,r monument and memorial
hall, for which 100000 is appropriated.
Other bills, sent from the Senate to
the Governor, on Saturday. for his
approval, provide for the placing Of the Hackel-
man statue IN one of the inches of the Capitol
rotunda; $500 for repairing the fences and
preservation of the Tippecanoe battle ground
prescribing method of taxation of building and
loan associations which exempts all but the
money hand the LIST of April of each year
from TAX assessment; providing for the infliction
of death penalty at States prisons, which re-
quires sherffs TO take the condemned prisoners
to one or the other of these prisons five days
before the execution is to take place, and there it
is to be carried out between midnight and sun
rise on the day fixed; concerning penalty for hunt
ing in wet lands inclosed open. which makes
1t lawful for anyone to hunt on these
lands notwithstanding the claims of hunting
clubs TO the exclusive cse of the lands Acts
concerning the organization and perpetuity of
voluntary associations relative to the importa-
ti0n of horses; authorizing cities and towns to
issue bonds 10 fund Indebtedness referring to
$500, 900 of the debt of FortWayne, which is to be
refunded at lower rate of interest; in relation
TO Green River island, authorizing the governor
to proceed in the federal courts towards the set
Element of the claim TO this island urged both
by this State and Indiana; regulating the TAX
ingup of animals; and releasing a Judgment in
the Lagrange Circuit Court requiring payment
of employees of mining and manufacturing com
panes every two weeks in cash, which is de-
signed to do away with the store-check system;
authorizing the trustees OF jamestown to com
promise tax claims. and amending Section 10 of
the drainage act of 1885, complete the bills that
have passed both houses.
The bills passed by the Senate and not re-
ferred TO the House acts.
Authorizing primary elections and making 1t I'm
lawful to purchaser exercise undue influence
on electors delegates to conventions.
Providing for the main tenance of the three addition
al hospitals for the insane and appropriating $50
therefor.
Providing for the licensing of engineers of steam
engines.
ksau s ora to employees every
its character than that which became a law.
amending the mechanics lien law.
70 maintain public purity.
To amend Section 312 r. s.
To authorize q debt on behalf of State,
Authorizing public aid to bridges
To amend oil act concerning agriculture.
Concerning appointment of special detectives.
Amending Section of plank-road law of 1885.
Amending the justices act.
Amending the law in regard to county auditors
Enabling joint suit to be maintained on separat
bond.
Authorizing railroad companies to accept certai
provisions of the law regarding condemnation Q
right-of-way
Prohibiting the obstruction of bitches and drains
Prohibiting the issuance of orders by auditors unit
passed upon by the commissioners.
Providing for the superintendency of work on fire.
gravel roads
Amending the law regarding county institutes.
Regulating the sales of drugs and medicines.
An act concerning natural gas
An act for the issue of drainage bonds
Amending the law in regard to insanity nouests
Concerning claims against the State of Indiana.
Prohibiting the employment of children unde
fourteen years of age in mines and factories
Concerning foreign real estate guarantee companie
doing business in this State.
Providing for the collection of birth and death ST
tistics
Regulating the practice of medicine.
Prohibiting the employment of foreign police an
detectives under certain conditions.
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